Benefit Concert Will Honor MBMS Teacher Sandy Casey

Dec 05, 2017 10:12AM
● Published by Jeanne Fratello

MBMS special education teacher Sandy Casey

As Manhattan Beach continues to mourn the loss of Manhattan Beach MIddle School special education teacher Sandy Casey, a benefit concert on Saturday will honor Casey and create a scholarship for a student who would like to follow the same career path.

The concert will feature internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Felix Kellaway. Since finishing his studies in 2014, he has given
recitals as a soloist in sixteen countries, taking him to prestigious
venues such as the Bolivar Hall in London, Sala de Turina in Sevilla and
Wiener Saal in Salzburg.

"Sandy had the ability to make every friend feel like the most valuable.
special and important person on the planet," said her friend Carissa Dester, organizer of a GoFundMe page for Casey's funeral expenses. "She advocated for her friends when they didn't see their own
strengths and she never let you feel alone in whatever you were going
through, whether overjoyed or deep sadness. In our sadness, we have
comfort in knowing that we had the opportunity to call her our friend
and we will be forever grateful for her."